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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’d like to bring to your attention a new post on the Internet Society’s blog,
<i>Midway through the WTSA – late nights negotiating text in the Medina</i>. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We’ve reached the midpoint of the World Telecommunication Standards Assembly, and the ISOC delegation has been following a number of Internet-related issues. In particular, we have been paying close attention
to the discussions about the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Digital Object Architecture (DOA). In this new post, we examine how the Internet invariants can be a useful lens through which digital management tools for the IoT can be assessed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You can access the post here:
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2016/10/midway-through-wtsa-–-late-nights-negotiating-text-medina">
https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2016/10/midway-through-wtsa-–-late-nights-negotiating-text-medina</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Mark Buell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Regional Bureau Director, North America<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Internet Society<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Skype: mark_at_isoc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mebuell">
<span style="color:blue">@mebuell</span></a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ISOC_NA">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.isoc.org/" title="http://www.isoc.org Cmd+Click or tap to follow the link"><span style="color:blue">www.isoc.org</span></a><span style="background:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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